taosach

Irish

Etymology

From taos (“dough; paste”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

taosach (genitive singular masculine taosaigh, genitive singular feminine taosaí, plural taosacha, comparative taosaí)

  1. doughy
    Synonym: práibeach
  2. pasty

Declension

Declension of taosach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative taosach thaosach taosacha;
thaosacha2
vocative thaosaigh taosacha
genitive taosaí taosacha taosach
dative taosach;
thaosach1 		thaosach;
thaosaigh (archaic) 		taosacha;
thaosacha2
Comparative níos taosaí
Superlative is taosaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of taosach
radical lenition eclipsis
taosach thaosach dtaosach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “doughy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Further reading

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